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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift 1 place · 07/24/2026 13:35 EDT

Lounges Could Be Next in Southwest’s Overhaul: ‘There’s Work Underway’

With the possibility of lounges, Southwest is betting that it can capture more premium customers and boost engagement with its loyalty program. Read more ›

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Bailey Schulz @ Skift · 07/16/2026 14:42 EDT

Travel’s Creator Economy Doesn’t Need a Million Followers. It Needs Proof It Converts.

Brands spent years building creator partnerships around follower counts. Now, they're increasingly after deals they know drive real sales. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 07/16/2026 13:58 EDT

Brussels Airlines Taps ITA Airways Exec for CEO

Incoming Brussels Airlines CEO Lorenza Maggio oversaw ITA Airways’ merger into Lufthansa Group, which was one of the fastest integrations in the company’s history. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 07/16/2026 13:25 EDT

Say Goodbye to $9 Tickets. Higher Fares Are Here to Stay, United CEO Says

United CEO Scott Kirby argues that surging fuel costs aren’t entirely responsible for higher airfares. Instead airlines are capitalizing on more pricing power driven by ballooning operating costs and a readjustment in domestic capacity. Read more ›

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Dennis Schaal @ Skift · 07/16/2026 13:07 EDT

Fora Travel the Unicorn: It Raised $60 Million at a $1 Billion Valuation

Fora Travel has carved out a nice niche for itself as it taps into the desires of a younger generation of travel advisors passionate about travel and looking for side hustles. Its $1 billion valuation came after just five years in business. Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 07/16/2026 09:56 EDT

MakeMyTrip Set to File for India IPO at $1 Billion-Plus: Report

MakeMyTrip has talked about an India listing for months. A confidential filing — if the report holds — would be the clearest sign yet the company is moving from considering it to doing it. Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 07/16/2026 09:44 EDT

Air India Rebuilds Its App With In-House Booking, Payments, and AI

Yes, they made the app better and nicer! But the bigger story is that Air India is angling for a future where your flight, hotel and cab all get booked (and fixed, if something goes wrong) as one thing, not three separate headaches. Read more ›

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Lindblad Expeditions + Skift @ Skift · 07/16/2026 08:30 EDT

Awe, Not Excess: The Market Signal Luxury Travel Can’t Afford to Miss

The affluent traveler's definition of luxury has shifted faster than most operators realize. Lindblad Expeditions is proof that the brands built around depth of experience and purposeful discovery are gaining a competitive edge. Read more ›

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Kanchi Jain @ Skift · 07/16/2026 07:00 EDT

The Business Value of Skift Global Forum

Distribution is up for grabs, AI is in the core systems, capital has gotten careful, and loyalty is being redefined. Skift Global Forum is where travel decides what to do about it. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 07/16/2026 00:00 EDT

Omio to Buy Rail Europe, Consolidating Ground Transport — Exclusive

By absorbing Rail Europe, a 5-million-ticket rail seller with 90-plus years of operator ties, Omio is consolidating one of travel's most fragmented, hard-to-book corners — and laying groundwork for when AI agents book trips, not just suggest them. Read more ›

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Adriana Lee @ Skift · 07/15/2026 18:52 EDT

JetBlue Ties Loyalty Points to Flight Financing

The airline's frequent flyer program was built to reward spending. JetBlue is using it as a pipeline to finance spending — and letting customers earn points for the privilege of paying interest. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 07/15/2026 18:44 EDT

Travel + Leisure Buys Into Maui and Hilton Head in $343 Million Deal

The timeshare secret runs best on people who already said yes. So when it gets harder to land first-time buyers, buy someone else's customers. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 07/15/2026 17:05 EDT

United Airlines Raises Outlook, Higher Fares Offset $6 Billion in Added Fuel Expense

United is betting that it will continue to see high travel demand in the second half of 2026 as it stares down at an additional $6 billion in fuel costs. Read more ›

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Sean O'Neill @ Skift · 07/15/2026 15:02 EDT

Scandic’s Dalata Deal Template Comes for Europe’s Mid-Cap Hotels

Trading below your own bricks is an open invitation for financial interventions. For PPHE, Whitbread, and Meliá, the question is whether they're targets after Scandic's Dalata deal. Read more ›

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Deepthi Nair @ Skift · 07/15/2026 14:20 EDT

Oman and Africa Became Minor Hotels’ Safe Havens During the Iran War

Minor Hotels didn’t wait out the Iran war in the Gulf. It grew in Oman and Africa instead. Read more ›

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Steve Browne @ Skift · 07/15/2026 09:45 EDT

Leadership Intelligence: Mapping the Busiest Year of CEO Turnover in Travel

The CCO-to-CEO pipeline is hardening into a template, boards are dressing exits as retirements, and high-growth markets are importing their turnaround CEOs. One year of moves, mapped by Skift Exec Search. Read more ›

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Rafat Ali @ Skift · 07/15/2026 09:30 EDT

What If AI Doesn’t Fix Travel’s Labor Problem?

Travel’s AI investment is concentrated in office work while its demographic labor crisis is concentrated on the front line; the jobs aging fastest remain stubbornly physical. Read more ›

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Peden Doma Bhutia @ Skift · 07/15/2026 07:59 EDT

Accor Is Bringing Movenpick and MGallery to India: Exclusive

Accor has been in India for two decades but has been slow to gain traction. Now it's focused on expansion and building out the structure to support the growth. Read more ›

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Bailey Schulz and Rashaad Jorden @ Skift · 07/14/2026 14:49 EDT

No World Cup Bump: U.S. Tourism Down in June

While visitors from markets like the United Kingdom surged, total overseas visitation for June was down from last year. Read more ›

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Gordon Smith @ Skift · 07/14/2026 12:19 EDT

Who Gets Anko’s Old Job? Contenders for the Next SAS CEO

Van der Werff has six months to hand over the keys, and by the time he does, the people choosing his successor may not be the people sitting on the board today. Read more ›

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Meghna Maharishi @ Skift · 07/14/2026 09:00 EDT

Frontier Airlines to Add Starlink, Catching Up to Premium Airlines

Typically, airlines like Frontier don’t have in-flight Wi-Fi. But as premium products continue to fuel airline industry profits, Frontier is opting to install Starlink. Read more ›

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